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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1903
Page
5
A reader argues against teaching Santa as a factual being and urges parents to nurture imagination. Emphasizes guiding children to understand Christmas spirit as love and goodwill, not material want, and to answer questions honestly with tact. Encourages Christ-spirit as core, while acknowledging gradual understanding as children grow.
Editor Lowell Citizen publishes a brief defense arguing about the role of imagination in stories about Santa Claus and reflecting on childhood and the common tale taught to children. The writer questions being labeled an average child and defends imaginative lessons in moral tales.
A Christmas morning memory recalls a child learning there is no real figure behind a beloved story. The writer condemns teaching what becomes false belief, urging care not to seed doubt about real facts. Expresses sorrow at breaking trust and labels critics as faddists.
Instructions for making Ice Cream with hot sauce and a four egg yolk base, sugar, milk, double boiler cook time, fold in egg whites, vanilla, almonds, cream, then freeze and serve with maple syrup and walnuts. Also a Miss Alice Gilette fruit cream recipe from Pratt Institute with milk, cream, yellow egg, flour, sugar, gelatine, walnuts, figs and soaking steps.
Heat milk to near boil then stir in flour sugar and egg from the milk. Cook into custard, add soaked gelatine cream and vanilla, then freeze. Fold in chopped figs and nuts, pack firmly. If mould sticks, loosen with a hot towel and chill to harden.
Step by step fruit dessert recipes describe Sicilian sherbet and pineapple sorbet. Directions include boiling sugar and water with eggs to form a custard, cooling, adding soaked fruit, and freezing. Pineapple sorbet uses pineapple pieces, sugar, juice, orange rind, lemon and orange juice, then freezing or granite method with ice and salt. Serve in china or crystal cups.
Describes making baked ice cream by covering ice cream with a meringue flavored with sugar and a half teaspoon of flavor, browning in a hot oven on an asbestos griddle or board for about five minutes, and serving immediately without melting.
A historical recipe describes soaking cornstarch for flavor then dissolving in hot milk. It instructs straining, adding cream and a splash of orange or family extract, freezing, then turning onto a dish and topping with a thick meringue made from stiffly beaten egg whites.
A collection of beverage and sherbet instructions including Coffee Frappe with coffee, sugar, egg whites, and freezing steps plus Lemon Ginger and Grape Sherbet recipes using candied ginger, lemon rind, gelatine, Concord grapes, orange juice, and sugar in the freezing process.
A damaged OCR item advertises Bargoia Tor a Floor Broom at a reduced price. It mentions several broom types and a promotional price, noting higher quality than typical sales. Names A G Pollard & Co appear as the seller.
New York Aug 24 Senator Chauncey M. Depew returning from Europe says Roosevelt will be Republican nominee in 1904 by acclamation. He notes Wall Street as barometer, discusses stocks, postal scandal handling, and predicts a Cleveland and Gorman duo with Parker as possible Democrats. He jokes about self swallowing snake metaphor for gold Democrats.
Dr Geo Ewing of Smiths Grove Ky a physician for over eight decades shares a personal account praising Foley's Kidney Cure. He credits it with relieving years of kidney bladder and enlarged prostate problems after three bottles and says he prescribes it in his practice and recommends it to other physicians. Local druggists listed include Goodales Ellingwood Carter Falls and Parkinshaw.
Reader letters discuss the persistence of facial hair and the varied outcomes of home remedies versus expert treatment. The writer questions when to seek a professional opinion and notes personal experience with skin care claims and warnings about safe methods.
The August 5 assignment of Sharp and Bryan, bankers and brokers, shows liabilities of 5,747,339 and nominal assets of 11,258,064 with actual assets excluding pledged stocks and bonds at 387,487. Principal secured creditors include Russell Sage, J P Morgan, Morton Trust, Nassau Trust, Western National Bank, Kuhn Loeb, Heidalbach, Band of America, Goldman Sachs, Lazard Freres, and others.
Detroit August 24 police circulate arrest warrants for Charles Price alias Emil Waltz suspected in the mutilated death of Alphonz Wilmes. Price is described as a burglar by trade with prior prison terms. Investigators say he recently offered to abduct a child and cut it open and have additional undisclosed evidence.
An old advertisement touts Foley's Kidney Cure claiming cures for Bright's Disease Diabetes and stone in the bladder. It lists multiple local druggists and partners Goodale's drug store at 217 Central Street Ellingwood Co. at corner Merrimack Central Carter & Sherburne at corner Merrimack Bridge Falls & Burkinshaw at 413 Middlesex Street.
Local advertiser urges customers to order coal coke and wood today to secure winter fuel. Emphasizes abundant stock and immediate delivery options for households preparing for cold weather.
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